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A Guide to the Christian Becker Papers, ca. 1870s-1940s
Biographical NoteChristian Becker, an immigrant from the Rhineland, established a cotton gin in the vicinity of Holland Creek, Texas, founding the city of Becker around 1869 (Grimes County, Texas). In the coming decades more than twenty families of Germans moved to the area and Christian Becker employed some of them at his cotton gin. (from the Handbook of Texas) Return to the Table of Contents Scope and ContentsRecords document banking, finances, agriculture, and cotton gin, along with property deeds, ledgers and booklets,and other related material. Return to the Table of Contents RestrictionsAccess RestrictionsUnrestricted access. Return to the Table of Contents Administrative InformationPreferred CitationChristian Becker Papers, ca. 1870s-1940s, Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin. Return to the Table of Contents Detailed Description of the Papers
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